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Yellow Breeches Creek is a public river in Cumberland County and York County, Pennsylvania, managed by Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. You can fish it on a Pennsylvania fishing licence (plus a Trout Permit for trout, a Lake Erie Permit for Erie waters). Pennsylvania has no general right of stream access — bank and wading access is at PFBC easements, state forest, park and game-land frontage and public bridges; away from those, the streambed may be private, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via PFBC stocked-trout water.
A Pennsylvania limestone spring creek (Spring Creek, Penns Creek, the Letort, Big Spring, Falling Spring) — cold, alkaline, weed-rich water that grows large wild brown and brook trout, the birthplace of American fly fishing and among the most storied trout water in the country.
It runs roughly 49 miles through the South Central PA region. Anglers here mostly fish for rock bass. Live flow and gauge height come from the Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill, PA USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Childrens Lake and Latimore Creek.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Pennsylvania on most waters; stocked trout waters have specific in-season closures around opening day and stocking, and some special-regulation areas post their own hours — check the current PA Fishing Summary.
Boats: Most Pennsylvania trout streams are wade or bank access; the Susquehanna, Juniata, Allegheny and Monongahela are floated by drift boat, jet boat or kayak; only the big reservoirs and Lake Erie take a trailered boat.
Bank & bivvy camping: You can fish this water on a Pennsylvania fishing licence (plus a Trout Permit for trout, a Lake Erie Permit for Erie waters). Pennsylvania has no general right of stream access — bank and wading access is at PFBC easements, state forest/park/game-land frontage and public bridges. Check current signage.
Tackle: A Pennsylvania Trout Permit is required in addition to your fishing licence to fish for or keep trout here; a large number of PA streams carry Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only, Catch-and-Release Fly-Fishing Only, Keystone Select Stocked Trout or Class A Wild Trout special regulations — check the current PA Fishing Summary.
Boat ramps: 6 mapped — Boat ramp, New Cumberland Borough Park Access, Lower Allen Community Park Access, Simpson Park Access, Put-in, Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 01571500 — Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill, PA. Full gauge data →
Anyone 16 or older needs a Pennsylvania fishing licence — the resident annual is about $28, the non-resident annual about $61. A Trout Permit (about $15) is required in addition to fish for or keep trout, and a Lake Erie Permit (about $11) — or a combo — for Lake Erie and its tributaries. Pennsylvania residents 65 and older can buy a discounted senior lifetime licence; under-16 fish free. Buy from the PFBC at HuntFish.pa.gov. A Pennsylvania fishing licence plus a Trout Permit covers this water — it's on the PFBC stocked-trout list.
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